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Tea Squared

Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in Ontario

Toronto loose leaf tea importer and blender founded in 2013 by Frank Weber, selling black, green, oolong, white, pu-erh, chai, rooibos, herbal, fruit and matcha teas, pyramid tea bags and Ma-Cha matcha latte mixes direct online and wholesale to cafes, restaurants and retailers.

Toronto, ON CA · www.teasquared.ca

78.4

Tea Squared is a founder-led Toronto tea importer and blender, started in 2013 by Frank Weber after he opened some of Canada's first tea boutiques, operating from 6 Curity Ave in East York and selling direct online and wholesale to cafes, restaurants and unnamed grocery stores. The tea itself is grown abroad, as all tea is, and the site does not say where its blends are mixed and packed.

Factors

Ownership

100.0 reported

CA 100%

The site calls the company proudly Canadian and names founder Frank Weber as president and CEO, with no parent, investor or acquisition mentioned; the legal entity is given only as Tea Squared at 6 Curity Ave, East York, Ontario. Corporations Canada returned zero results for Tea Squared and for its sister brand Buddha Leaf, so it is likely an Ontario corporation, and the Ontario Business Registry could not be checked; Wikidata, EDGAR and The CANADA List have no entry.

Manufacturing

66.0 inferred

CA 50% · EU 20% · other 30%

The vendor describes itself as a farm-to-cup importer that sources leaf from growers worldwide and sells over 120 blends, but no page says where blending and packing happen; its only disclosed site is the East York address and its blends are said to meet EU food safety regulations, which fits either a Toronto blending room or European-sourced flavoured blends. The split is an estimate: half to Canada for blending and packing at the Toronto site, a fifth to the EU for possible contract-blended flavoured teas, and the rest to origin for matcha sticks and single-origin teas finished abroad.

People

100.0 reported

CA 100%

The only disclosed location is 6 Curity Ave in East York, Toronto, with a 647 phone number and a Toronto web agency running the store; no offices or staff outside Canada are mentioned and headcount is not published.

Inputs

24.0 reported

CA 5% · other 95%

Tea is not grown in Canada, and the vendor says it sources from growers around the world, naming Taiwan, Darjeeling and Nepal, China, Vietnam, South Africa for rooibos and Nishio, Japan for matcha, all in the OTHER bucket. The small Canadian share is an estimate for packaging and the Toronto-hosted web store; botanical and flavouring origins are not disclosed.

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